CVE-2017-6401 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup before 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance before 3.0. Local arbitrary command execution can occur when using bpcd and bpnbat.

Published: 2017-03-02

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-15458	An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup before 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance before 3.0. Local arbitrary command execution can occur when using bpcd and bpnbat.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00047.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96493
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue6

History

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Subscriptions

Veritas Netbackup Netbackup Appliance

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-02T06:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:25:49.245Z

Reserved: 2017-03-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6401

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-02T06:59:00.590

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-6401

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-269

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